Obs. exc. Hist. [f. L. exūt- ppl. stem of exuĕre to draw or pull off.] trans. To strip (a person) of; to divest or deprive of.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., III. 182. The governing … In thair handis he did agane resing, And him exutet of office and cuir.
1669. R. B., Life T. Morton, 98. Exuted of his secretarie’s place.
1829. Southey, in Q. Rev., XXXIX. 391. [He] was degraded, exuted of all his preferments.
